Sorry if this thread is in the wrong place…
Anyone had a chance to put Manga Studio through its paces yet? It’s been popular in Japan for a while now, but recently got imported into the English-speaking world. It’s forte is comics, but it seems to have an impressive suite of pen inking effects and tones that would be applicable in a range of CG 2D art projects.
http://www.e-frontier.com/go/mangastudio
An overview here:
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=37868